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Table 2.

Statistical results of the adaptive Turkish matrix sentence test of the individuals with hearing aids.

	Results after using the first hearing aids		Results 6 months after using the hearing aids		P-value
	Mean ± SD	Min/max	Mean ± SD	Min/max
Symmetric hearing loss
ATMST in noise test with headphone	−3.33 ± 2.06	−5.8 / 1	−4.35 ± 1.46	−6.1/0.5	0.035 ^*
Symmetric hearing loss with unilateral hearing aids
ATMST in noise test with free field (S ⁰ N ⁰ )	−0.63 ± 2.1	−5.8/7.3	−2.87 ± 1.88	−5/2.1	0.032 ^*
ATMST in noise test with free field (S ⁰ N ²⁷⁰ )	−2.44 ± 2.07	−5/2.4	−4.11 ± 3.97	−8.5/4.7	0.029 ^*
Symmetric hearing loss with bilateral hearing aids
ATMST in noise test with free field (S ⁰ N ⁹⁰ )	−0.62 ± 3.69	−4.8/6.9	−1.56 ± 3.44	−5.9/5.1	0.030 ^*
ATMST in noise test with free field (S ⁰ N ²⁷⁰ )	−2.51 ± 2.2	−5.3/1	−3.98 ± 1.72	−6.1/0.5	0.017 ^*

ATMST: Adaptive Turkish matrix sentence test; SD: Standard Deviation; Min: Minimum; Max: Maximum;

p < 0.05